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@@@@@It's certain that having a grand meal in private comfort won't be one of my instructionsI'll take it now while I can Scarlett had to agree with BridieBut she couldn't possibly have dinner in the suite herselfShe had to find out who those women were and why they were with Rhett, or she'd go madThey were English, she learned as soon as she entered the dining saloonThe distinctive accent was dominating the captain's tableScarlett told the steward that she would like to change her seating to the small table near the wallThe table near the wall was also near the captain's table There were fourteen at histable: a dozen English passengers, the captain, and his first officerScarlett had a keen ear and could tell almost at once that the passengers' accents were different from the ship's officers, although to her they were all English and therefore to be despised by anyone with a drop of Irish bloodThey were talking about CharlestonScarlett gathered that they didn't think much of it "My dears," one of the women trumpeted, "I've never seen anything as dreary in my lifeHow my darling Mama could have told me that it was the only civilized place in America! It simply makes me worry that she's gone dotty without our noticing "Now, Sarah," said the man to her left, "you do have to take that war of theirs into considerationI found the men to be very decentDown to their last shilling, I'm sure, but never a mention, and the liquor was first rateSingle malt at the club bar "Geoffrey, my love, you'd think the Sahara was civilized if there was a club with drinkable whiskeyHeaven only knows it couldn't be any hotter There was a chorus of agreement"On the other hand," said a youthful female voice, "that terribly attractive Butler man said the winters are quite delightful "I'm sure he invited you back, Felicity," said an older woman"You behaved disgracefull